Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests

Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by crocal on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:00AM (#23973456)

> Automated trains are just like elevators

Ahem. No.

There is no collision hazard in elevators (essentially each elevator is on its own dedicated track). In railway, collision hazards are everywhere because you can change track and there are multiple trains on the same track, possibly (yikes) in head to head movements.

If you want to see the specs of a real Automatic Train Protection, the European one is public [1]. And that is only the protection part. There is no automatic pilot in there.

[1] https://www.era.europa.eu/content/set-specifications-3-etcs-...

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Re:Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, ... by Someone on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:14AM (#23974496)

Nitpick: there are collision hazards in some modern elevators. See for example https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a20847/the-futur... (company pages are, IMO less clear: https://twin.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com/ or even https://www.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com/en/products-and-servic...)

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